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¹ Verily, verily, I say to you, That he who doth not enter by the door into the fold of the flock, but climbeth up in some other place, he is a thief and a robber.² But he that entereth by the door, is the shepherd of the flock.³ And to him the door-keeper openeth the door; and the sheep hear his voice. And he calleth the sheep by their names, and leadeth them out.⁴ And when he hath led out his flock, he goeth before it; and his sheep follow him, because they know his voice.⁵ But after a stranger the flock will not follow, but it fleeth from him; because it knoweth not the voice of a stranger.⁶ This allegory spake Jesus to them; but they knew not what he said to them.⁷ And Jesus said to them again: Verily, verily, I say to you, That I am the door of the flock.⁸ All those who have come, were thieves and robbers: but the flock did not hear them.⁹ I am the door: and if any enter by me, he will live, and will come in and go out, and will find pasture.¹⁰ The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy. I have come, that they may have life, and may have that which is excellent.¹¹ I am a good shepherd. A good shepherd exposeth his life for the sheep.¹² But a hireling, who is not the shepherd, and to whom the sheep do not belong, when he seeth the wolf coming, leaveth the flock, and fleeth; and the wolf cometh, and teareth, and disperseth the flock.¹³ And a hireling fleeth, because he is a hireling, and hath no concern for the flock.¹⁴ I am a good shepherd; and I know my own [fn] , and am known by my own. ¹⁵ As my Father knoweth me, so know I my Father; and I expose my life for the flock.¹⁶ And I have other sheep, which are not of this fold: and them also I must bring; and they will hear my voice; and the whole will be one flock, and one shepherd.¹⁷ For this cause my Father loveth me, that I lay down my life, to resume it again.¹⁸ There is no one that taketh it from me; but I lay it down of my own pleasure: for I have authority to lay it down, and authority to resume it again; because I have received this command from my Father.

¹⁹ And again there was a division among the Jews, on account of these sayings.²⁰ And many of them said: He hath a demon, and is wholly beside himself; why hear ye him?²¹ But others said: These are not the discourses of a demoniac: can a demon open the eyes of one blind?

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³⁹ And again they sought to lay hold of him; but he escaped out of their hands;⁴⁰ and retired to the other side of the Jordan, to the place where John at first baptized, and tarried there.⁴¹ And many persons came to him: and they said, John indeed wrought not even one sign; but every thing that John said of his man, was true.⁴² And many believed on him.